A daily journal from 76 years ago
283rd day, 83 days follow Fair + Warm 2 A.M. The boss woke me up out of bed. I had to go up on the hill and let him in the house. The back door was stuck. 5:50 A.M. Thel and I went up to the hotel and got Bill Sherman’s wife, came back …
282nd day- 84 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cool This is the (first) filler in my ever sharp pen that has ever leaked. They are not supposed to . Redo was up on the hill and he fixed the leak in the sink. I stopped to see Pic and the boys on my way home …
281st day- 85 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cool Watered all day. Quit working at 3 P.M. came home and took a bath and a change. And went over to town and met Harry Hornblower and we went into the First National Bank to attend a meeting of the director of the Plymouth Plantation. The …
280th day- 86 days follow Partly Cloudy Cool Watered all day. I found a dead flicker under the lilac bush by my shanty. A week ago I found two dead robins. Haven’t any idea why they died. Finney’s men were up here at 6:30 A.M. to work on Ski’s house. When I came home at …
279th day- 87 days follow Partly Cloudy + Cool Worked all day on the lawns. The express did not come for Bud’s stuff in the barn. Marie and Suzanne were here for dinner. When I got home from work Finney’s had Ski’s house on my driveway. They moved it off and left it. Mrs. Holman, …
278th day- 88 days follow Fair + Cool This morning I found nobody on the hill. Mowed and raked lawns all morning. Lottie Whiting called me up at noon and said Bill is back in bed with a black toe, the circulation has stopped. After dinner I picked a bushel of wild grapes at the …
277th day- 89 days follow (Arrowheads) Cloudy + Cold This morning I took a ride up to Mr. Bubbins’ plowed land and hunted the whole place. I didn’t find as much as I had thought I would, only one fair arrowhead and about a dozen broken ones, of which I gave most of them to …
276th day- 90 days follow Fair + Hot 78 in the shade This morning we pulled out of Randolph and Thel drove through to Rockingham Park. We went in and saw the races. Thel and Ski lost $1.80 on the horses. Bud won $6.80. I have never seen so many autos in one place before. …
275th day- 91 days follow Rain + Warm When we woke up this morning it was raining lightly. I went down to the store and got some milk + cereal. Went down again and looked the place over. There is a restroom, store, repair shop, and a garage all connected. There are cows, pigs, + …
274th day- 92 days follow Fair + Warm We ate breakfast this morning. After breakfast and a good night’s sleep we rode all day and saw the most beautiful colored foliage that anyone could wish to look at. First we rode away up into the hills then turned back and went down by the Man …
Arrowheads Up the Hill 